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E1738
First Edition
August
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 5: Software support
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Electrical safety
Operation safety
How this guide is organized
Where to find more information
Conventions used in this guide
P5GD2 specifications summary
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Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® P5GD2 motherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
I/O modules
1.3.1Product highlights
Dual RAID solution
PCI Express™ interface
8-channelhigh definition audio
Dolby® Digital Live™
S/PDIF digital sound ready
USB 2.0 technology
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
1.3.2ASUS Proactive features
1.3.3Innovative ASUS features
Hardware2 information
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2.1Before you proceed
Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
2.2.3ASUS Stack Cool
2.2.4Motherboard layout
2.2.5Layout Contents
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2.3.1Installling the CPU
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Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
2.3.2Installling the CPU heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory Configurations
DDR2-533Qualified Vendors List
Qualified DDR2-533with 600 MHz overclocking capability
2.4.3Installing a DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DIMM
2.5.1Installing an expansion card
2.5.2Configuring an expansion card
2.5.3Interrupt assignments
2.5.4PCI slots
2.5.5PCI Express x16 slot
2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot
2.6 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1)
2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
9 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and
10 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and
11 . S/PDIF Out port
12 . PS/2 keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard
2.7.2Internal connectors
3 . IDE RAID connectors (40-1pin PRI_RAID1 [red], SEC_RAID1 [red])
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
6 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors
(4-pinCPU_FAN1, 3-pinPWR_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2)
7 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
8 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
9 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1)
10 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD)
11 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME1)
12 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1)
13 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWR)
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3.1Starting up for the first time
AMI BIOS beep codes
3.2.1Using the OS shut down function
3.2.2Using the dual function power switch
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4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.2AFUDOS utility
Updating the BIOS file
afudos /i[filename]
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4.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
4.1.4ASUS EZ Flash utility
4.1.5ASUS Update utility
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
Open
Save
4.2BIOS setup program
4.2.1BIOS menu screen
4.2.2Menu bar
4.2.3Navigation keys
4.2.4Menu items
4.2.5Sub-menuitems
4.2.6Configuration fields
4.2.7Pop-upwindow
4.2.8Scroll bar
4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx]
4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
4.3.4Language [English]
4.3.5Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
4.3.6IDE Configuration
Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]
only if
S-ATA
ALPE and ASP [Disabled]
4.3.7System Information
4.4.1JumperFree Configuration
DRAM Frequency [Auto]
Performance Mode [Auto]
Overclock Options [Overclock 5%]
NOS Mode [Auto]
Sensitive
Turbo NOS [Disabled]
Twin Turbo NOS [Disabled]
Turbo NOS
Memory Voltage [Auto]
Chipset Core Voltage [Auto]
4.4.2LAN Cable Status
4.4.3USB Configuration
4.4.4CPU Configuration
4.4.5Chipset
Hyper Path 2 [Auto]
Booting Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/PCI]
PEG Buffer Length [Auto]
Link Latency [Auto]
PEG Link Mode [Auto]
4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Parallel Port Address [378]
Parallel Port Mode [ECP]
Parallel Port Mode
EPP
4.4.7PCI PnP
PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled]
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto]
IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device]
4.5.1Suspend Mode [S1 (POS) only]
4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No]
4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
4.5.5APM Configuration
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Wakeup Password
Keyboard Wakeup Password
Not Installed
4.5.6Hardware Monitor
CPU Fan Ratio [Auto]
CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC]
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled]
Power Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
4.6.1Boot Device Priority
4.6.2Boot Settings Configuration
4.6.3Security
User Access Level (Full Access]
No Access
View Only
Limited
Full Access
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]
4.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Yes
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
Software5 support
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5.2.1Running the support CD
5.2.2Drivers menu
5.2.3Utilities menu
AI Booster
Microsoft DirectX
Anti-virusapplication
ADOBE Acrobat Reader
ASUS Screen Saver
5.2.4Manuals menu
5.2.5ASUS Contact information
5.2.6Other information
Browse this CD
Technical support Form
Filelist
5.4.1ASUS MyLogo™
Ratio
5.4.2AI NET
Using the Virtual Cable Tester™
5.4.3C-Media3D audio configuration
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Effect
Environment
More Option
Environment Size
Equalizer
Device Setting
Information
Using Dolby® Digital Live™
5.5RAID configurations
RAID
RAID 0+1
JBOD
Just a Bunch of Disks
5.5.1Installing hard disks
5.5.2Intel® RAID configurations
Creating a RAID Volume
1. Create RAID Volume
4. Exit
Deleting a RAID Volume
2. Delete RAID Volume
Resetting RAID Disks Drives
3. Reset Disks to
Non-RAID
5.5.3ITE® 8212F RAID configurations
Auto-configuringa RAID array
Defining a RAID array
Deleting a RAID array
Rebuilding a RAID array
Viewing your RAID configuration
Auto-rebuild
5.6Creating a RAID driver disk